Improvement in wire-work for fences



- No. 37,266. I 'PATENTED JAN.- 6, 1363,

' A. ALGOEVER.

WIR'EWORK FOR muons, 6w. i

-. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS ALGOEVER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN W|REWORK FOR FENCES, 81.0.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,266. dated January u, ie'titi.

constructing wire fences, the main meshes of which may consist of hexagonal form, and which at the same time constitute the locking device which sustains and holds the wires in position of which the fence is composed; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters in the several figures indicating the same or analogous parts, and in which drawlugs Figure 1 is a front view of a wire-fence panel illustrating different modes of employing my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the corrugated or crimped wires. Fig. 4 is a section in the linewwof Fig. 1, showing the wires as they appear before being hammered down. Fig. 5 is a section in the same line of Fig. 1, but of the panel after it has been subjected to the blow of a hammer at the different points of intersection of the wires. Fig. 6 is an end view of a portion of a panel is the wires appear before being hammered down at the points where they intersect one .rb-mther. Fig. 7 shows the same as Fig. 6, but

the. wires have been hammered down at their points of intersection. Fig. 8 is. an elevation of a portion of a panel partly wrought.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate corresponding parts.

To make awire panel for a. fence, I take straight rods ot' wire, and at intervals along their length form, by bending or" crimping, three depressions, two, a a, on one side, and one, b, on another side, the depression I) being between the depressions a a, as shown in Fi 3. The depth of each depression is a little greater than one-half thediameter of the wire rod. Wire rods thus crimp'ed I take in pairs, and place them diagonally to a straight edge or perpendicular, a short distance apart, as indicated at c c,so that the intermediate depressions b are up and the depressions a a. down. I then take other pairs of such rods and place them diagonally in a converse order to those 0 0 across the rods 0 c, as indicated at d d, so that the intermediate depressions, b,

shall be down and directly over, the intermediate depressions of the rods 0, while the depressions a a. are up and between the rods 0 0. The upper and lower rods thus arranged in close diamond spaces between their points of intersection, both within and outside of the;

same, as'indicated at e c, Fig. 8. They also inclose rhomboidal spaces, as indicated at ff in same figure. The depressions b .b of the rods, by coming together and allowing the rods 0 c and d d'to touch at the point of intersection, cause the depressions a. a of the upper and lower rods to form between themselves passages g, of a size a little greater than the diameter of one of the rods. I next take straight or uncrimped rods h h, and insert them between the upper and lower diagonal pairs of rods, 0 d, by passing them in a direction at right a nglcs to a perpendicular through the passages g, formed by the depressions a. in the rods 0 and (I, as indicated in Fig. 6 and in Figs. 2 and 4. -'Ihe three sets of rods thus arranged divide up the spaces between them into hexagous i t, oblong hexagons j j, and large triangles k k, and small triangles l l, as repre sented in Fig. l. The panel thus.form ed is in'thickness, at all of the points of intersection, a little greater than three layers of wire.

and in order to lock the wires firmly at all of the points of intersection I place the panel flatwise upon an iron platform, and apply the force of a hammer upon the intersecting portions until the thickness of thepanel at said points is reduced down to two layers'of wire, as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 7. The force of the hammer with the resistance of the platform causes the corrugated portions of the wires 0 d to bend the straight wires hh in the same. manner as they themselves were bent before being applied. Thus the whole are interwoven together in an undulating manner, and cannot possibly separate or move independently of each other; and beside this, great stifl'ness is imparted to the panel, and the aid of cast ornaments to stiffen and hold the wires rendered unnecessary.

In Fig. 1, at m m, I have shown a method of locking the diagonal wires together with short sections of parallel rods. By this plan a more open fence can be formed, as is indicated at an, and still the panel will be stiff and secure in its connections. The same principle of tying diagonal wires may be employed in forming small rosettes or buttons for ornamenting other styles of wire-fence panels, and for aiding in tying the wires together at their points of intersection.

In bending the Wires, Fig. 3, they may be bent with the sets of depressions a a and I) in closer or further relation to one another along the length of the Wire, so as to suit the style-of panel or other open-work into which they are to be wrought.

The e-xtentand style of the" bend or corrugation maybe varied to suit circumstances, and it may be accomplished by diesor by hand--that is, the diagonal wires-the straight wires being", of course, bent after they are applied, substantially as described.-

My method of constructing wire fence and other wire-work will meet the long demand for a light. stiff, durable, and ornamental other person can purchase the wire and bend it and set it up with ease and dispatch, or

the corrugated wire, Fig. 3, can be sold in the market almost as cheap as the straight article.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The method of constructing wire fence and other Wire-work h'y first crimping a portion of the wires to be used in such a manner that, being laid in a proper position for the work intended to be made, the indentations formed in them will admit of the insertion of straight wires in such manner that they will form a lock to the whole when finished, substantially as ('leseribed.

AUG. ALGOEVER.

Witnesses:

DE WIT'r G. LAURENCE, EDWIN S. JACOB. 

